links for 2010-09-01

Boxer Attacked On…

Carly’s Record At Hewlett-Packard

But Carly’s Record Shows…

Since Carly Fiorina’s Departure From HP, Experts Have Credited Her With Making HP A Stronger Company:

Industry Experts Have Claimed That HP “Desperately Needed Someone Like” Fiorina. “But while analysts praise Hurd’s low-key style, many are quick to credit Fiorina for laying the groundwork. She was the biggest proponent of changing HP’s culture, and although her hard-charging style ultimately worked against her, HP desperately needed someone like her, said Roger L. Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies Associates.” (Rachel Konrad, “HP Is Hurd’s Now, But Ousted Fiorina Gets Some Credit For Revival,” The Associated Press, 8/17/06)

Boxer Mentioned…
Her Legislative Record

But The Record Shows…
Boxer Is Nationally Recognized For Her Sparse Record In The Senate:

“[Boxer’s] Press Clippings Are Many, Her Ceremonial Bill-Signing Pens Few.” (Adriel Bettelheim, “Wage Hike Fight One Of Many For A Leading Liberal,” Congressional Quarterly, 4/5/04)

Boxer Acts As “Unremitting Activist” Pushing Ideological Proposals With Little Chance Of Passing Into Law. “While some politicians pride themselves on their ability to horse-trade and compromise in pursuit of legislation, she usually operates as an unremitting activist, offering proposals that have no chance of adoption just to make a point about how things ought to be.” (Adriel Bettelheim, “Wage Hike Fight One Of Many For A Leading Liberal,” Congressional Quarterly, 4/5/04)

It is important to remember that Palin doesn’t discriminate against establishment Republicans when picking who she endorses. For instance, Carly Fiorina received Palin’s endorsement late in the California primary race. For Fiorina, who wasn’t the Tea Party backed candidate, it was a huge boost to receive Palin’s endorsement, especially since many people didn’t realize or were misinformed over Fiorina’s conservative credentials.

Thanks to Palin, Fiorina garnered enough of the conservative vote to win the primary and now has the general race with the leftist Barbara Boxer polling inside the margin of error. In the very liberal state of California, that is some pull from the Mama Grizzly.

Out of all the Republican political players, Palin has to be the queen of the ball right now. Endorsements from Mike Huckabees, Mitt Romneys, and Newt Gingrichs of the world just don’t garner the same media buzz or scrutiny the way Palin’s endorsements do.

Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina is getting a hand from her could-be GOP colleagues in various forms this week.

GOP Sen. John McCain hosted a fundraiser for Fiorina last night, Fiorina spokeswoman Andrea Saul confirmed today. Saul declined to comment on where the fundraiser was held or how much the Arizona senator raised for Fiorina, who served as an economic adviser during McCain's 2008 presidential bid, and said there are no plans for joint appearances on the campaign trail.

Later this week, Fiorina's bank account is scheduled to get a boost from Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown.

Brown, who became a symbol of momentum for Republicans in the wake of his special election victory, is listed as a special guest for a Thursday fundraiser in Newport Beach. Tickets for the evening cocktail reception and dinner range from $250 to $30,400.
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This race is bound to be expensive as the Dems pour all of their resources into defending Barbara Boxer

Ah, the unintended consequences of liberal judicial activism: According to experts, the Serrano decision “overlooked the fact that 75% of poor children lived in high spending districts,” and it thus “actually led to lower school spending for most poor children” and to “equalized mediocrity.” Further, Serrano and its follow-on rulings are credited with triggering the property-tax revolt that culminated in California’s Proposition 13—“After all, the logic goes, if increased property taxes don’t help our schools, why should we be for increased property taxes”—and helped lead to Ronald Reagan’s election as president in 1980.
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The begining of the end of California's then excellent public school system.

The study, which is drawn largely from Census data and labor statistics, cited the recession and increased border enforcement as possible reasons for the slowdown. Several South Atlantic states between Delaware and Georgia that have become new immigrant magnets in recent years have also seen a decline in its illegal migrant population, according to the study.

California still has the largest concentration of illegal immigrants in the nation with 2.6 million, which is about 1 million more living in the state than in 1990, according to the report.

The study echoes the findings of a report issued earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which concluded that illegal immigration had declined by nearly 1 million between 2008 and 2009. This was the second consecutive year of decline and sharpest decrease in at least three decades.
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Well, perhaps.

But, statistics can be manipulated and I do not trust the Pew Hispanic Center.

The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the state.

The signs were posted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 between Casa Grande and Gila Bend, a major east-west corridor linking Tucson and Phoenix with San Diego.
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Where is President Obama?

Right! Having his Department of Justice taking Arizona to court.